Improvement in cultivators



c. BELDEN.

Cultivator.

Patented Feb. 13, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BELDEN, OF MIDDLEBURY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,5 l5, dated February13, 1866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, O. BELDEN, of Middlebury,in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cultivators and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and com plete description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,makinga part of this specification, in which Figure l is a plan view ofthe cultivator. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a front view. Figs 4and5 will be referred to in the description.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the views.

My improvement relates to cultivators, as hereinafter described.

A A are the handles of the cultivator, the lower ends of which arebolted at c to the sides of the beam B. This beam is made of a bar ofiron doubled and bent round at the front end, as at 6, through which abolt, a, passes for attaching the clevis d to the end of the beam. Thebar is turned at the front end and doubled closely together, exceptingfrom d to d, where it is bent outward and extends along so as to form aslotted opening, 0. (Seen in Fig.1.) In this opening is fitted andsecured a curved standard, g, being secured by the bolt 0, that connectsthe handles to the beam. This standard curves down on-the inside of thedouble plow O in front, as shown in Fig. 4, which is a view of the underside of the plow, and the end is inserted andsecured between the point 9and plate of the plow, the point extending up on the inside, leaving aspace for this purpose. The point 9 is made of such metal as hardenedsteel, so as to be self-sharpening, and the sides of the plow extend upand curve out, forming a double mold-board, as represented. From eachside of the standard extend out arms 71, that are bolted to the sides ofthe plow.

F Fare drag-bars, jointed in front to the beam B by means of plates Iabove and below the beam, that are secured in place by a bolt, 6, beingput through the plates and slot 6. Between the ends of the plates oneach side of the beam are placed the ends of the drag-bars, which arecurved around, as seen at c in Fig. 3, so that a bolt passes throughthem and the plates, connecting them to the beam.

At the rear endof the beam and drag-bars are slotted braces m a, boltedto the drag-bars, and the inner slotted ends of which are placed oneupon the other, as shown in Fig. 3, and through the slots a bolt,p,passes, connecting them to the end of the beam.

' Above the slotted arms is a curved brace, G, attached to the beam bythe bolt p, that extends through the slotted arms and beam. The brace Gis connected to thehandles by a brace, G, extending between and throughthe handles and ends of the brace G.

The rear ends of the drag-bars are curved down and twisted or turned at1), so that the flat side comes under the blades H K and fits up closeonto the under side, Where they are secured by bolts and nuts 1", asrepresented in Fig. 5. On account of the front ends of the drag-barsbeing jointed to the beam, as described, and by means of the slottedarms at a, the rear ends of the drag-bars can be": adjusted nearer orfarther from eachjother, according to the distance between the rows tobe cultivated, and are secured in any position by the bolt 19.

The double plow O, in front, double and single blades H K, are alldetachable, and can be removed or adjusted in any way that may bedesired.

In going between the rows the first;time it is desirable to cut down theweeds, which is done by having the double blade, represented at H,attached to the drag-bars. This blade has an arrow-shaped point in frontfrom which it inclines upward, being divided at the top in to two lobes,curving outward, as represented. and is of such a shape as to be welladapted for cutting down the weeds.

In going through the rows the second time the single blades K areattached to the dragbars. These blades have self-sharpening steelpoints,like g, and curve up on the side, each forming a single mold-board,whereby the ground as it is plowed is cast or thrown up onto the rows inthe'desired manner.

I claim- 1. The frame B F, in combination with the changeable andreversible blades H K, when constructed and arranged as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The herein described cultivator, with changeable blades H K, whenconstructed and arranged as and for the purposes set forth.

- CHARLES BELDEN.

Witnesses W. H. BURRn) GE, H. NEWBERRY.

